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2 copies of Inkishafi by Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir

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Author: Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir Ibn Nāṣir, Abdallah ibn ʻAlī‏ ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir عبد الله بن علي بن ناصر
Title: Inkishafi
Title: انکشاف
Title: al-Inkishāf
Title: الانكشاف

Possibly "a manuscript..written in the Swahili-Arabic character by Muhammad Abubakar Kijuma 'lBakarriyyi

Incipit: بسم الله نأاقديم حال يكتغ هن نظم / Bismillahi naiqadimu, Hali ya kutunga hino nudhumu
Language(s): Swahili

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Author: Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir عبد الله بن علي بن ناصر
Title: Inkishafi
Title: انکشاف

"Illuminated manuscript obtained from a Mombasan scribe by Mbarak Ali Hinawiy in the spring of 1935"

Incipit: بسم الله نأقم حال يكتغ هن نظم / Bismillahi naiqadimu, Hali ya kutunga hino nudhumu
Colophon: تمت الاكشاف
Language(s): Swahili

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Physical Description

Form: codex
3 f. 4 f.
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Layout

Hand(s)

Two clear vocalised Swahili hands

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Record Sources

"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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